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Dundalk First Half Goals
In 65 Premier Division matches, 67.7% of Dundalk’s first halves produced a goal, 5th of the 10 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 40.0% of them and conceded in 44.6%.
What Dundalk’s first halves look like
Away from home the back line is barely the same unit: 57.6% of away matches bring an early goal against Dundalk, next to 31.3% at home. Dundalk run against the usual pattern, scoring before halftime more often on the road (48.5%) than at home (31.3%).
Dundalk carry the smallest home-and-away difference of any published club in the division on that measure. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 65 matches against a typical 101.
A Dundalk away first half is worth 1.45 goals on average, a home one 0.97. Dundalk come off slightly worse in the early exchanges: one against before the break in 44.6% of matches, one of their own in 40.0%.
Every figure on this page rests on 65 completed Dundalk matches over 2 seasons (2024 to 2026). At that size a single percentage point is about one match, so read each rate as a range rather than a figure.
Dundalk first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 67.7% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 30.8% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 15.4% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.22 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 40.0% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 44.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.55 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.66 |
| Matches counted | 65 |
| Seasons covered | 2 (2024 to 2026) |
The over rows count goals by either side; the scored and conceded rows split that between them.
Home and away
| Venue | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Scored | Conceded | Avg goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 53.1% | 28.1% | 31.3% | 31.3% | 0.97 | 32 |
| Away | 81.8% | 33.3% | 48.5% | 57.6% | 1.45 | 33 |
Dundalk score before halftime 31.3% of the time at home against 48.5% away, a gap of −17.2pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Dundalk against Premier Division
| Line | Dundalk | Premier Division | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 67.7% | 69.1% | −1.4pp |
| Over 1.5 | 30.8% | 29.9% | +0.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 15.4% | 11.1% | +4.3pp |
Counted from 65 matches · 2 seasons · 2024 to 2026.
How to read these numbers
- These are historical rates over pooled seasons, not a forecast. A club that has changed manager, division or squad reads as the average of every version of itself on record.
- The opponent matters as much as the club. A high-scoring side against a defense that rarely concedes early is a different fixture from the same side against one that does.
For the model’s estimate of an actual upcoming fixture rather than this club’s history, see first half goals predictions and how the model works.
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